Each of of our members, listed here alphabetically, pledge to uphold our principles in their practices. If you are a midwife, obstetrician, doula, nurse, childbirth educator, lactation consultant, or other professional who works with pregnant, birthing or postpartum women, we welcome you to join us.

—–

Name: Shannon Bennett, CPM, CD
Services offered: Private, in-home natural childbirth classes, refresher classes, sibling classes, and breastfeeding classes; breastfeeding support; belly casting
Business Name: Natural Care Services
Website: www.tricitiesnaturalbirth.com
Phone number: (509) 308-3711
Bio: Shannon is a Certified Professional Midwife and has been a certified doula through the Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators since 2000. She is an advocate of natural birth and has been blessed to have participated in natural births in home, birth center and hospital settings. Her passion is to provide every birthing family an opportunity to experience a natural birth by providing education and support in both private and group settings.
Personal Philosophy: Birth is a normal, natural event in the course of our lives and our bodies are perfectly designed to do the job.
Favorite Quote: “Even if birth becomes a daily occurrence to me, each birth that I attend is a once in a lifetime event for the family in concern, and as a midwife I vow to always treat it as such.”
Favorite Books:
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Le Leche League
Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
Welcome With Love by Jenni Overland

—–

Name:  Amanda Booth
Services offered:  birth doula, belly casting
Business name: Beloved Bumps Doula Services
Website:  www.beloveddoulaservices.com
Phone number: (509) 628-1827
Email: belovedbumps *at* yahoo *dot* com
Bio:  Amanda serves as a birth doula in all types of birth atmospheres from planned cesarean to home birth.  She received her training through DONA International in 2008 taught by Debra Catlin in Portland, OR.  Amanda has three daughters, born in water, whose births impacted her deeply and lead her to support and empower women during birth.  She offers her services free of charger to any teen mothers seeking a doula.
Personal Philosophy:  I believe birth is a truly sacred time in a woman’s life and she deserves to have the highest respect and kindness during her journey.  A mother should be protected and empowered; she is strong and her body is perfectly designed to birth her baby!
Favorite Quote: “A calm, watchful, loving presence protects the fragile harmony of birth; frantic coaching has never been part of nature’s plan.” - Pam England
Favorite Books:
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Birthing From Within by Pam England

—–

Name: Jessica Burden
Services offered: Postpartum Doula, Infant Care Coordinator, Childcare Coach, Placental Preparations, Go-To Gal
Business Name: Dabblefly Infant Services
Website: www.dabblefly.com
Phone number: (509) 554-6147
Bio:  Through Jessica’s previous experience as a professional nanny, as well as being a mother herself, she has been draws to caring for families post-natally.  Jessica provides in-home customized care postpartum as well as pre-natal support to help prepare a family for the upcoming newborn.  She is a Jill-of-all-trades that willingly supports a new family where/how it is needed.  With experience and skill in many areas including: breastfeeding/bottle feeding, sleep, mother care, newborn care and more.
Personal Philosophy: We are meant to be supported.  We are meant to be a part of a community.  That whole “it takes a tribe” thing is true, but it is to raise parents as well.  How can we be expected to do this incredibly complicated and important job without education, resources, and community support?

—–

Name: Lorri Carr, LM
Services offered: I provide home birth services from Tri-Cities to the Dalles to Yakima (and Ellensburg), with free tub rental for water births, and also make my own herbal tinctures.  I work with Kristin Eggleston of Sunrise Midwifery, so usually our moms get two licensed midwives at their births.
Business Name: Highland Midwife Birth Services
Business Address:  PO Box 800, Goldendale, WA 98620, or Kristin Eggleston’s office in Prosser, WA
Website: www.highlandmidwife.com and www.sunrisemidwifery.net
Phone number: (509) 250-2072
Email:  midwife@highlandmidwife.com, lorricarr@sunrisemidwifery.net or herbalist@highlandmidwife.com
Bio:  Please see http://www.highlandmidwife.com/AboutUs.html

—–

Name: LaRae Claybrook RN, IBCLC
Services offered: breastfeeding consulting, corporate and family lactation services
Business Name: Lactation Services
Website: www.familylactationservices.com
Phone number: (509) 308-2217
Email: LaRaeClaybrook *at* gmail *dot* com
Bio: LaRae has been serving women in the childbearing years for over 25 years.  She has worked as a childbirth educator, a doula, and now as a registered nurse/lactation consultant.  She loves helping women with breastfeeding and loves to share in their experiences.  She finds her work extremely fulfilling.  She deals with all lactation concerns and issues.
Personal Philosophy: I believe women need a good support system for breastfeeding and the resources to be successful regardless of circumstance.

—–

Name: Kristina French, CD(DONA)
Services offered: birth doula, group and private childbirth education, group traumatic birth processing, belly casting, doula mentoring
Business Name: Three Rivers Birth Services
Website: www.threeriversbirth.com
Phone number: (509) 628-8790
Email: 4frenchs *at* charter *dot* net
Bio: Kristina has attended births as a doula in all area hospitals, and at midwife-attended homebirths.  In the summer of 2007, she attended a labor support course through Seattle Midwifery School taught by Penny Simkin and Carrie Kenner and has been doing doula work ever since. She has supported women at all kinds of births and all kinds of circumstances, and loves that each woman and family she meets teaches her something new.  She is also a childbirth educator holding Birthing From Within classes independently (out of hospital).  She has attended both Passion for Birth (Lamaze) and Birthing from Within  (level one and advanced) childbirth educator training.
Personal Philosophy: Every birth is a rite of passage - a spiritual event - that prepares a mother uniquely for her journey to motherhood.  Women are individuals, and their decisions for pregnancy, birth and parenting can and should be treated as such.
Favorite Quote: “Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge. When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say, ‘We did it ourselves!’” - from the Tao Te Ching
Favorite books:
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Birthing From Within by Pam England
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Dr. Jack Newman

—–

Name: Brianna Jensen, Birth Doula, CBI (in training)
Services offered: birth doula services, belly casting, photography, and esthetician work (waxing) Business Name: i*doula moon birth services
Website: www.idoulamoon.com
Phone number: (801) 368-1421
Email: idoulajensen *at* gmail *dot* com
Bio: Brianna will attend all kinds of births, from unassisted homebirth, midwife-assisted homebirth/hospital births, OB assisted births, planned & unplanned c-sections.  She started her  doula training through CBI (Childbirth International) in February of 2009.  Her own birth experience is what opened up the windows to becoming a birth doula, wanting to support women and help them to achieve the birth experience they truly desire.  She is a Marine wife and offers her services to military wives at a discounted price, and if your spouse is deployed her services are free.  Brianna’s services are also free to teen moms and single moms.
Personal Philosophy: Birth is such a special and sacred time in a woman’s life; they deserve the full attention and support to help keep that time memorable.  I believe all women have it inside them to birth their babies in any way they choose.  A baby is a glorious gift and the mom deserves to be helped in any way she needs to bring her baby into this world in a safe and calm environment.
Favorite Quote: “I am not afraid, I can do this, I was born to do this!” - Joan of Arc
Favorite books:
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Pushed by Jennifer Block
for Daddies I like: The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion by David Port and John Ralston

—–

Name: Melissa Reid
Services Offered: birth doula services
Business Name: In Bloom Birth Support
Website: www.inbloombirth.com
Phone Number: (509) 539-0058
Email: inbloombirth *at* gmail *dot* com
Paragraph Bio: Melissa is currently pursuing certification with DONA International and is excited to train at the Seattle Midwifery School in September. She is currently accepting clients with due dates beginning in October.  She is offering her services at a discount while she is in the certification process.
Personal Philosophy: Melissa believes that pregnancy is a time to dream, hope, and prepare.  And it is her experience that things don’t always go as hoped for in the delivery room.  Having a doula at your birth can help to facilitate the desired outcome and provide a continuity and support that families may not have otherwise.
Favorite Quote:  “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful.  It’s that women are strong.” - Laura Stavoe Harm
Favorite Books:
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

—–

Name: Erin Schmidt, CHB (currently on hiatus as she attends college)
Services Offered: childbirth educator and birth doula
Business Name: Dainty Doula, Birth Support and Education
Website: www.daintydoula.com
Phone Number: (509) 492-5234
Email: erin.schmidt *at* midcolumbiabirthnetwork *dot* org
Paragraph Bio: Erin has had three uninterventive births of her own, two of which were in the comfort of her own home. She has been actively studying birth for two years and is currently teaching childbirth education classes. Erin also provides doula services to families in the Tri-City Area.
Personal Philosophy: Our bodies already know how to give birth; our minds sometimes get in the way.
Favorite Quote: “If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it.” - John H. Kennell, MD
Favorite Books:
Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

—–

Name: Erin A. Tcheuffa, CD(DONA) (currently on maternity leave)
Services Offered: birth doula services, belly casting, henna, childbirth education refresher sessions, christian childbirth education classes
Phone Number: (509) 312-9696
Email: etcheuffa*at* gmail *dot* com
Paragraph Bio: Erin has been a birth doula since 2005 and has attended over two dozen births ranging from breech homebirth to planned cesarean.  Erin is a certified birth doula through DONA International.  She also has the added experience of having been part of one of the nation’s few hospital-based birth doula programs in Silver Spring, Maryland.  She has one daughter born with hospital midwives in attendance, but caught with her own hands, and is expecting a second child in August whom she plans to deliver at home with midwives in Tri-Cities, Washington.
Personal Philosophy: Erin believes that every woman deserves support to achieve the birth she is comfortable with no matter what location, preference of care provider, religious beliefs, or personal preference for pain medication or other care options.  Erin seeks to support the woman and her chosen birth team in finding satisfaction and peace with the birthing process from pregnancy through labor and into motherhood and family life.
Favorite Books:
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Silent Knife by Nancy Cohen

—–

Name: Sarah R. Tolman, DONA (certifying)
Services Offered: birth doula
Business Name: Labor of Love Birthing Services
Website:  http://laboroflovebirthing.blogspot.com
Phone number: (509) 396-9552
Email: tandstolman@gmail.com
Paragraph Bio:  I started my training in Montana under a Certified Nurse-Midwife.  There I was able to gain experience supporting women while they labored and delivered their babies in a variety of settings; at home, in the water, at the birth center, and the hospital.  While most of my experience is in assisting mothers in their unmedicated births, I believe every woman deserves to feel empowered by her birth experience.
Personal Philosophy:  For every woman, a doula.
Favorite Books:
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Being Born: The Doula’s Role  by Jewel Hernandez (a great picture book for kids)

—–

Name: Jeannine Tuttle, CD
Services Offered: birth doula
Business Name: Doula Care by Jeannine
Phone Number: (509) 943-4226
Email: jarbee *at* hotmail *dot* com
Paragraph Bio: Jeannine trained as a birth doula in November 2000 and was certified in January 2003 by PALS. While earning her MSW (Masters in Social Work) at Walla Walla University, she worked in the  Hope Home program for pregnant and parenting teens at Catholic Family & Child Service then at Domestic Violence Services. She is now Reentry Resource Coordinator with InnKeepers working with prisoners being released to our community.  Reading about people, planning, being creative with design and color, music and learning new things are her favorite activities.
Personal Philosophy: To educate, encourage, and advocate for the best birth—to participate in the most awesome event God designed for the growing of a family is something I’m excited about! I consider it an honor to use my gifts to come alongside birthing women and their families to help them welcome their newest members into the world.
Favorite Quote: One of my favorite quotes is what I want to imitate: “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.” ~ Isaiah 40:11
Favorite Books:
the books Ina May Gaskin wrote
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block
Nursing Mother, Working Mother: The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding Your Baby Before and After You Return to Work by Gale Pryor and Kathleen Huggins, R.N., M.S.

—–

Name:  Fran Wilson, CNP, ARNP
Services offered: home birth
Phone number: (509) 845-3233
Email: 530rose@msn.com
Bio: Fran has been a Certified Nurse Midwife since 1991.  For the last several years her practice has been limited to home birth.
Personal Philosophy: Fran believes that birth is one of the most sacred and pivotal events in the lives of the parents, and should be treated accordingly.
Favorite Quote:  In every woman there is a queen.  Speak to the queen and the queen will answer.
Favorite Books:
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method by Marie Mongan

—–